On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Joseph D. Wagner wrote:
> I'm a little confused about the way the Linux kernel allocates memory, and
> I'm hoping someone could clarify this for me.
>
> Does the __get_free_pages() function eventually call the kmalloc() function?
> Or does the kmalloc() function eventually cal
> Does the __get_free_pages() function eventually call the kmalloc() function?
> Or does the kmalloc() function eventually call the __get_free_pages()
> function? Or are these two totally separate functions for different
> purposes?
kmalloc() will eventually call get_free_pages(), but you really
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I'm a little confused about the way the Linux kernel allocates memory, and
I'm hoping someone could clarify this for me.
Does the __get_free_pages() function eventually call the kmalloc() function?
Or does the kmalloc() function eventually call the __get_free_pages()
function? Or are these two to
